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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weeks bonus artist thread  my choice this week is : Maurice Canning Wilks 1910 - 1984, was an Irish landscape painter born on Belfast . He was educated in Belfast at the Malone Public School and attended evening classes at the Belfast College of Art. While attending college he was awarded the Dunville Scholarship allowing him to attend day classes . After college he resided in Cushendun in the Glens of Antrim where he painted many of his early landscapes, he painted mainly the Irish Northern and Western counties, Donegal , Antrim and Kerry . The is a very good bio on Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy my selection of his excellent work and find some you particularly like.
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Tony Auffret

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What I find curious about this artist is that many, not all, of his paintings would not have seemed out of place had he been born a hundred years earlier.  By way of support, I would ask the question, would the first of my two selections looked out of place alongside Sisley and Pissarro in one of the  Impressionist's Exhibitions?  My second choice definitely would have looked out of place - though I suspect Cézanne might have appreciated it.

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I like the second of Tony’s posted above - I prefer his watercolour style.  A couple more…
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Robert Jones, Napa

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The first - i.e. the penultimate watercolour, just above - is particularly appealing.  I do have a weakness for seascapes and paintings of the shore, so maybe that's it.  He had quite a variety of styles, not only between oils and watercolours, but within both genres - I hadn't encountered him before (I think) - inevitably, I like some of his paintings more than others, and some of them do look back a bit, yes.... though if he was painting in Ireland, as my great great grandfather would always tell anyone who would listen (and must have done it often, because his feelings were well known through the generations on that side of the family) rural Ireland was very far behind the times compared to England; and, as he remarked with some force, apparently, "priest-ridden": that, and the need to find work, was why my mother's side of the family emigrated...  Somewhere, I have photos of Irish farm life which you'd have thought dated from 1830, but for the fact that no one had cameras back then,  but actually came from the 1930s: grim was the word!

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Welcome to this weeks bonus artist thread  my choice this week is : Maurice Canning Wilks 1910 - 1984, was an Irish landscape painter born on Belfast . He was educated in Belfast at the Malone Public School and attended evening classes at the Belfast College of Art. While attending college he was awarded the Dunville Scholarship allowing him to attend day classes . After college he resided in Cushendun in the Glens of Antrim where he painted many of his early landscapes, he painted mainly the Irish Northern and Western counties, Donegal , Antrim and Kerry . The is a very good bio on Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy my selection of his excellent work and find some you particularly like.
Paul  (Dixie) Dean on 03/08/2024 09:25:26  Speaking of learning and refining, if you're a student seeking inspiration for your own work, you might find this resource https://papersowl.com/examples/autism/  really heplful - Wilks' dedication to his craft is a reminder that passion and hard work can lead to incredible achievements.
Maurice Canning Wilks is a great choice for the bonus artist thread! His landscapes really capture the beauty and spirit of the Irish countryside. I find his work in Donegal and Antrim particularly captivating—the way he portrays the rugged landscapes and the play of light is stunning. It’s interesting to learn that he was supported by the Dunville Scholarship, which clearly helped him develop his talents.

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